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Giants Community Fund and Bank of America host Junior Giants Day

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WHAT: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Junior Giants program, the Giants Community Fund will welcome more than 4,000 Junior Giants players and coaches to the ballpark for the annual Junior Giants Day. Junior Giants will participate in a pre-game parade around the field before watching the San Francisco Giants take on the Philadelphia Phillies. During the pre-game ceremony, Giants Hall of Famer Willie McCovey will recognize the Junior Giants "Willie Mac" Awardees for their outstanding contributions and participation throughout the season.

WHY: The Junior Giants Willie Mac Award, named in honor of Giants Hall of Famer Willie McCovey, is the "junior" version of the annual award presented to a Major League Giants player as voted by his teammates and coaching staff. The award is presented to the Junior Giants players who best exemplify the Junior Giants Four Bases of Character Development: Confidence, Integrity, Leadership and Teamwork.

This year the Giants Community Fund will present Willie Mac Awards to 77 members from the following Junior Giants leagues:

League

Player

Antioch

Justin Fernandez

Atwater

Cesar Sanchez

Bayview (San Francisco)

Kasandra Malimali

Bear Mountain - Arvin

Kayla Loza

Bear Mountain - Lamont

Yenei Perez

Chico

Layla Wallace

Clearlake

Summer Baxter

Concord

Adeleny Cortez

Corning

Dakota Boyd

Cottonwood

Austin Flood

Daly City

Yangsheng Liang

East Palo Alto

Diego Gonzalez

Eureka

Alfredo Munoz

Feather River/Oroville

Stephanie Lamb

Fresno Parks and Recreation

Kaylena Phagnasay

Hayward

Jorge "Junior" Bolanos

Hunters Point (San Francisco)

Asantay Wilson

Jackson

Caden Winther

Lake County

Paige Bour

Live Oak (Santa Cruz)

Sandy Espinoza

Livermore

Duane Brown

Lodi

Cylas Riley

Lompoc

Cecilio Corral

Los Banos

Ashley Williams

Los Molinos

Jordan Avila

Marin City

Kwentyn Wiggins

Marina

Sean Irving

Medford

Dino Malatesta

Merced - Winton

Gage Vargas

Milpitas

Lladro Valle

Mission YMCA

Dylan Co

Modesto

Alexa Hernandez

Monterey County

Ariana Kesterson

Morgan Hill

Kobe Carrero

Mt. Shasta

Madison Matthews

Newark

Shawn Omoto

North Richmond/San Pablo

David Fernandez

Oakland

Laurence Jackson

Orange Cove

Carlos Jimenez

Paso Robles

Caleb Shick

Patterson

Talan Nguyen

Pittsburg

Casey Kilano

Plumas Lake

Richard Kuskye

Porterville

Brandon Suggs

Rancho Cordova

Sebastian Wells

Rancho Tehama

Veronica Zavala

Red Bluff

Adria Page

Redding

Dean Young

Redwood City

Jorge Hernandez

Reedley

Roger Torres

Reno

Sean Finn

Richmond

Aiden Nguyen

Sacramento - North (Del Paso Heights)

Jason Budwiser

Sacramento - South (George Sim Community Center)

Wakilli Bennett

Sacramento - YMCA

Kevin DeBenedetti

Salinas

Cody Couch

San Bruno

Ben Kinnaman

San Francisco PAL

Anthony Aldaz

San Francisco Recreation and Park Department

Jake Kinsbourne

San Jose Franklin McKinley Children's Initiative

Joshua Perez

San Jose West/Burbank

Daniela Ponce

San Luis Obispo

Amari Baker

Sanger

Angel Mendez

Santa Clara

Fredrico Bega

Santa Cruz/Watsonville

Jaden Rumor Rain Avila Britt

South San Francisco

Ainsley Rosenthal

Stockton

Alejandro Diaz, Jr.

Suisun City

Dyanna Gutierrez

Sunnyvale

Sandridhee Bhatt

Tracy

Mary Gaarde

Ukiah

Shaina Schramer

Vacaville

Natalia Ibarra

Vallejo

Makayla McElhaney

West Sacramento

Carlos Talamantes Jr.

Willits

Riley Lessner

Yolo County

Alex Alcantar

The Giants Community Fund, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, collaborates with the San Francisco Giants by using baseball as a forum to encourage underserved youth and their families to live healthy, productive lives. The Fund supports Junior Giants leagues throughout Northern California, Nevada and Oregon and provides assistance to targeted community initiatives in the areas of education, health and violence prevention. Since its inception in 1991, the Fund has donated more than $18 million to various community programs.

INFO: For additional information on the Giants Community Fund and Junior Giants baseball, visit JRGIANTS.ORG or call 877.JR.GIANT. Follow us on Twitter: @giantscommunity